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?Manchester City had 32.8% possession in their 1-1 draw at Arsenal last month, the lowest of Pep Guardiola?s career,? begins Graham Murphy. ?Do any managers have a higher lowest-possession figure in the English top flight??
That figure of 32.8% was the lowest for Guardiola in a league game, as mentioned in last week?s column. We can?t compare him to every Premier League manager, mainly because possession stats were only recorded from the 2003-04 season onwards. Instead, we asked our friends at Opta to deliver the statistical goods on selected managers, past and present.
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?Manchester City had 32.8% possession in their 1-1 draw at Arsenal last month, the lowest of Pep Guardiola?s career,? begins Graham Murphy. ?Do any managers have a higher lowest-possession figure in the English top flight??
That figure of 32.8% was the lowest for Guardiola in a league game, as mentioned in last week?s column. We can?t compare him to every Premier League manager, mainly because possession stats were only recorded from the 2003-04 season onwards. Instead, we asked our friends at Opta to deliver the statistical goods on selected managers, past and present.
Continue reading...
More...